Chris Hemsworth had a small but impactful role in Star Trek reboot, but playing Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe took his career to the next level. Star Trek finally helped him get the role, but not before Hemsworth Thor the audition went aside, Marvel dropped him off as a ghost, and his younger brother almost got the part.
Chris Hemsworth Was Nearly Broke And Quit Acting Before Playing Thor
It’s hard to conceive now, but Hemsworth was once a struggling actor. Star Trek, in which he plays George Kirk, was his first film, but it didn’t bring many opportunities. He almost stopped acting after Star Trekbut Hemsworth appeared in a few more movies – the perfect escape and Ca$h – before Thor.
Still, Hemsworth’s film career was slow to take off, and he was running out of money before joining the MCU. He seemed destined to play the role but Hemsworth’s Thor audition sucked, he was ignored by Marvel, almost saw his brother Liam win the role and needed a little outside help to win the role of a lifetime .
Hemsworth screwed up his first ‘Thor’ audition, was ignored by Marvel, and eventually bested his brother for the role.
Hemsworth’s room Thor The film will set an MCU record – he will be the first actor to star in four independent films.
But Hemsworth’s audition for Thor “was shit”, he never got a call back, and Liam Hemsworth was the first Hemsworth that Marvel seriously considered for the role, as he told Wired in June 2022 (via YouTube) :
“I auditioned for Thor many years ago, probably 11 or 12 years ago, and I haven’t gotten a call back. I think – my audition was terrible, I think that was the response I got. So my little brother auditioned, and he came very close. He went down to the last five people, but then he didn’t understand. They were like, look, he’s great, but he’s a little young. My manager then said, ‘Well, he has an older brother,’ which was me.
“I went back and auditioned a few times, and I had a different attitude. Maybe I had a little more motivation than my little brother took a look and I didn’t. I had also done a few films between those two auditions, so I had a little more experience and confidence in what I was going to do.”
Chris Hemsworth on his audition process for ‘Thor’
Hemsworth also had some outside help. One of the films she worked on during her Thor auditions was The cabin in the forest. Joss Whedon, who wrote and produced this film and later directed Hemsworth in The Avengersrecommended Thor director Kenneth Branagh takes a closer look at Hemsworth for the role.
Still, even when Marvel decided to cast Hemsworth as Thor, the Australian actor had to get his doubts cleared before he said yes.
Hemsworth dealt with enthusiasm and hesitation when he finally got the part.
Hemsworth’s path to playing Thor was a winding one: a bad audition. Marvel Ghost. His brother almost winning the role. A little outside help and then a chance to test again. As excited as Hemsworth was to finally earn the nod, he was still hesitant to say yes.
“I was so excited. I had a little hesitation about it. Would it be a six-picture deal and I wanted to be stuck and typecast as a character?” Hemsworth told Wired, “And then I was like, you have no choice, so shut up. I pushed that voice aside and said, yes. [for it]but none of us really knew if it was going to work, or if there would be an extension beyond that first in Thor 2, 3, 4, etc., or Avengers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or whatever. It was all just an idea and a dream and one I was on board with.”
Thor: Love and Thunderwhich hits theaters July 8, reunites Hemsworth with Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi, but the fourth Thor movie could be Hemsworth’s last Marvel movie. Indeed, as Phase 4 of the MCU wraps up, it now seems like a natural time for Hemsworth to explore other roles.
He’s set to star AngryThe Mad Max: Fury Road follow-up, and it’s linked to a Hulk Hogan biopic. Our guess is that Hemsworth got these auditions right, as opposed to his first chance at Thor.
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